The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-17
"WAY DOWN IN TENNESSEE. j"
A Traveller from Morgantown Gives His
Observations in the South.
The Trip from Morgantown 10 Chat
tanO0ga.

Special Correspondence Of the NEw DOMINION
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Sept. D.
One week ago to-day | left Morgan
town and started on my southern
trip. On my arrival at Fairmont
took dinner at the Hough House
and after taking in the points of in
terest in the Mountain City, | step
ped ON board the 2:15 p m. train
and started for Wheeling. At
Wheeling | was met by the gentle
manly porter of the Mcclure House,
to whom | delivered my checks, bag
gage and my card, with instructions
to have me registered for supper,
and | then took a seat in a beautiful
ph9ton that was waiting when the
train pulled in and proceeded to take
drive behind a very fine horse that
answers to the name of Tom
Next morning | took the 1875
train on the Pan Handle railroad
and started for Cincinnati Nothing
of Importance occurred, either hu-
morous or otherwise, until we reach
ed Newark, Ohio. At this point a
great strapping big till r of the soil
boarded our train with pillow case
and tin bucket in one hand and a
grip sack in the other. The train
was very much crowded, and as he
had never been ON a train before,
judging from his actions, he was at
a loss to know what to do with his
pillow case and other baggage AT
last he discovered seat not far
away and he slid into it in hurry,
piling his pillow case ON the gentle
man in the other end of the seat, his
tin bucket between his feet and his
satchel in the aisle His satchel
was SO large that it completely filled
the aisle, and the only way to get
along was to climb over it. Almost
every minute some one would come
rushing through the car and tumble
over that grip which would, OF
course, add very much to the amuse-
ment of the passengers. After see
ing about dozen men, women and
children fall over it, and the poor
fellow almost faint every time the
passengers would laugh, ! concluded
we had had fun enough at one fell
lows expense, so | suggested to our
young farmer that the corner by the
stove would be good place for him
to store his baggage, and after help
ing him to store it away he thanked
me for my trouble and sat down to
cool off.
On arriving in Cincinnati | stop
ped at the Palace. The next day
spent in business way and in the
evening | went to see the great spec
tacular representation of "Rome I'm
der Nero" Any attempt at de.
scription of this representation
would make long letter itself, and
in order to give some idea of its
magnitude and origin | will state
that it was gotten up by the Order
of Cincinnatus, an organization com
posed of the business men of the
city that get up entertainments Of
this nature for the purpose Of bene
fitting the city by bringing strangers
in. "Rome Under Nero is not pre-
sented in building, but in an oper
park, and the stage is without doubt
one of the largest ever erected, as il
is large enough and strong enough
to accommodate l,200 people and
many litters, chariots and horse
men. The grand stand or audito
rum is under roof and large enough
to seat $4,000 people. The stage is
perhaps fifty yards from the grand
stand with large open campus be
tween where the hippodrome races
and many other Roman amusements
!, are seen. The scenery is very fine
indeed, and in looking at it from the
grand stand, with the stars and
moon shining above, it certainly
gives one some idea of the beauty Of
Rome. The tombs where the perse
cuted christians fec for safety, the
circus of Maximus and the palace
of Nero are among the prominent
scenes. After great reception
given to Roman General Just re
turned from war, Nero has the city
fired and blames it on the christians
In the burning of the city of Rome
the climax is reached and the seen,
closes on the city in ruins. The pre-
sentation of Rome Under Nero
gives one better knowledge of Ro
man history and more correct ide;
Of the cruelties of Nero.
From Cincinnati | started fol
Knoxville, Tenn. / took the Cincin
natl Southern railroad, and aftel
crossing the Kentucky river over th,
high bridge we passed on through
Lexington, the capitol of the blue
grass region and the former home O
Henry Clay. Our train was s
through one so did not stop a.
Lexington, as l had been there sew
eral times before, but continued my
journey to junction City, KY, a
which point the c.. S. r. r. crosses
the L. d N. r. r. | was compelled
; to change cars here and lay owe
nine hours, which is one of the disa
greeable things that is often neces
sary in travelling. Junction City i,
like a great many other junction cit
les | have visited. l could easily
enough find the junction, but for my
life | could not find the city. Aftel
| had read Bill Nye's "Cordwood'
and two or three newspapers through
| began to look around for something
else to read, see or do, and about
the time l had come to the conclu
sion that there was nothing of thai
sort to be bad, freight trair
came in with dead negro ON board
We subsequently learned that thu
negro had been into fight with an
F other negro and got shot.
. This little episode broke the mo
notony and furnished amusement fol
a short time, but it was very hare
on the negro. By and by nigh
came on and l lay down and Tough
bedbugs and mosquitoes until clever
F O'Clock, and then got up and started
once more for Knoxville.
Twenty miles from junction Cit,
we passed the famous crab orchard
of Kentucky, and further on we cam,
to the Tennessee river and followed
its course to Knoxville.